[Trombone-l] Bartok gliss question revisited

[Simon G. P. Bailey]

hiya,

On Apr 27, 2007 19:33, at Apr, 27 19:33 , Dennis Clason wrote:
> Actually, as far as the Bartok trombone goes, it might actually be
> useful in some other situations.  For example, the low C is nearly off
> the slide on most instruments.  If you need that note solid and you
> don't want a double valve instrument, you have to pull to E.  If  
> you had
> the Bartok instrument you get the E-pull on your finger -- and you can
> return the valve to F while playing.  Pretty convenient, and you've  
> got
> to figure the pantograph mechanism weighs a lot less than a second
> Thayer and its associated tubing.

a second thayer and its additional tubing is probably going to be LOT  
cheaper than the ~ 8000EUR you'll be forking out for the base bartok  
trombone w/a hagmann valve... :) [price from the thein website, if  
you're exporting, it drops to ~7000eur, but then you get to pay  
import duty wherever you're exporting to...]

not a thein associate nor a fan of their trombones -- too expensive  
for me. nice to drool over, the same way a ferrari is nice to drool  
over...

regards,
sb